Clinical Treatment for Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma
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Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma
Pulmonary artery sarcomas (PAS) are extremely rare sarcomas of uncertain histogenesis that often mimic pulmonary thromboemboli. This is a report of a 60-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent chest pain and cough. The patient was first diagnosed with pulmonary embolism but she did not improve on anticoagulant therapy. Follow-up imaging studies revealed a mass in the left hilar reg...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.033